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Rep. Steve Lebsock says he’ll sue Rep. Faith Winter for defamation
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Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton announced during an appearance Friday night on the CPT-12 program “Devil’s Advocate” that he intends to file a defamation lawsuit against fellow Democratic Rep. Faith Winter of Westminster. Lebsock spoke of the sexual harassment allegations made against him with “Devil’s Advocate” host Jon Caldara. Three women – Winter, former…
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Insights: California, here we come, if you follow the hyperbole
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How did it get to be fashionable to beat up on California again? Going on 16 years ago, when I was a newcomer to our great state, both Texas and Cali were Colorado’s straw men. My accent, I learned to point out, was Deep South not East Texas. If something was bad, from enchiladas to…
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Spoof award for state Senate’s Sonnenberg draws a double take
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Wednesday’s announcement by the Denver-based Independence Institute that rural Republican rancher, farmer and state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling had won the institute’s tongue-in-cheek “Californian of the Year” award landed with thud on the right. The libertarian-leaning think tank – a sometimes-rogue fellow traveler of GOP causes – cooked up the dubious distinction to mock creeping…
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Sonnenberg wins dubious "Californian of the Year" award from Independence Institute
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The Independence Institute has named Colorado Senate President Pro tem Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican, as its inaugural winner of “Californian of the Year.” The somewhat tongue-in-cheek award was given to Sonnenberg in recognition of his efforts “to turn Colorado into East California,” according to an Institute announcement Wednesday. Coloradans are characterized by their ability…
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Independence Institute set to announce which Coloradan will be named Californian of the Year
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Awards season is upon us, and the conservative jesters at Colorado’s right-leaning Independence Institute are bestowing the inaugural “Californian of the Year” award Wednesday on the lucky Coloradan who has “done the most to turn us into California,” in the words of the think tank’s president, Jon Caldara. While the award has been generating some…
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Colorado politicos tell us all they want for Christmas
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Jon Caldara, by his own admission, is rarely a good boy, but that doesn’t keep the chief of the conservative Independence Institute in Denver from having holiday wishes. “I have stopped asking Santa for my hair back,” said Caldara, who hosts “Devil’s Advocate” each Friday night on Colorado Public Television. “I am now asking Satan…
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As Lafayette goes, so goes Colorado? The Independence Institute hopes not
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If California ever does tumble into the sea, there’ll still be “East California” – aka Colorado. At least, that’s how Denver-based libertarian think tank Independence Institute envisions one possible U.S. map of the not-too-distant future. Well, not the part about California’s seismic fate; the part about politically purple Colorado morphing into a Middle American imitation…
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Jared Polis said his energy plan isn’t the one dissected by the Independence Institute
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The Independence Institute released a takedown of the 100 percent renewable energy goal that’s at the heart of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’ campaign for governor last week, calculating out a $45 billion price tag. That would be the cost to extend the 30 percent renewable standard by 2020 (passed by voters in 2004) to Polis’…
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The price tag for 100 percent renewable energy? $45 billion, says Independence
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Free-market think tank Independence Institute released a study Thursday that concludes the all-renewable-energy plans of two Democratic gubernatorial contenders – former state Sen. Michael Johnston and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis – would add $45 billion to Colorado ratepayers’ utility bills. Independence called Polis’s and Johnston’s goal of fossil-fuel-free power generation in Colorado by 2040 a…
